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Loverboy occurs as Canadian rock and roll group which was very popular in the 1980s, accumulating numerous hit songs around Canada & a United States. It is depending within Vancouver, British Columbia but Reno and Dean originally met around Calgary, Alberta. Fallowing existence rejected by numbers of U.S. record labels, they signed using Columbia Records Canada. It began recording their number 1 album March 20, 1980. A band members come:

Mike Reno, lead singer Paul Dean, lead guitarist Scott Smith, bassist Doug Johnson, keyboardist Matt Frenette, drummer

Smith was declared dead from either existence misused bemused November 30, 2000). A todays line-higher includes "Spider" (previous member from either Streetheart) when a bassist.

Loverboy were easily known around Canada & a U.S. for rock hits like "Turn Me Loose", "Working For The Weekend", "Hot Girls In Love" &, a class action's greatest charting U.S. lone, "Lovin' Every Minute Of It". A latter, written by Robert "Mutt" Lange bears more than a passing resemblance to Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar On Me", co-written and produced by Lange.

Within 2005, Loverboy were one of the featured elastic on the Western version of Hit Me Baby One More Time. It performed on it episode "Working For The Weeked" & the cover song of "Hero" by Enrique Iglesias.

Discography
Loverboy (1980) #13 US Get Lucky (1981) #7 US Keep It Up (1983) #7 US ''Lovin' Every Minute Of It (1985) #13 US Wildside (1987) #42 US Big Ones (1989) #189 US Loverboy Classics (1994) Temperature's Rising (1994) Six (1997) Super Hits (1997) Live, Loud and Loose'' (2001)

Singles

"Turn Me Loose" (1981) #35 US "The Kid Is Hot Tonite" (1981) #55 US "Working For The Weekend" (1981) #29 US "When It's Over" (1982) #26 US "Hot Girls In Love" (1983) #11 US "Queen Of The Broken Hearts" (1983) #34 US "Lovin' Every Minute Of It" (1985) #9 US "Dangerous" (1985) #65 US "This Could Be The Night" (1986) #10 US "Lead A Double Life" (1986) #68 US "Heaven In Your Eyes" (1986) #12 US "Notorious" (1987) #38 US "Too Hot" (1989) #84 US

Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia: Loverboy
Biography and discography.

Scott Smith Tribute Page
Fans share their memories of the bassist.

Yahoo Groups: LoverboyFans
Discussion group for fans of the band.

Rockforever.com: Mike Reno
Biography and discography.

Loverboy 1998 Live Photos
From a concert at Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Fieldhouse in Buffalo, New York.

Loverboy Bass Player Swept Overboard, Missing
Associated Press article.

Entertainment Ave
Concert review of Loverboy at The House of Blues, Chicago, Illinois.

Sherry's Loverboy Page
Biography, discography lyrics, links, pictures and tour dates.

All Music Guide: Loverboy
Biography, related artists, and discography.

Loverboy Photo Album
Pictures from a concert in Little Rock, Arkansas.


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